a humorous reference to Franklin DelanoRoosevelt (1882 - 1945), thirty-second president of the United States (1933 - 1945). In the summer of 1921 he was stricken with infantile paralysis, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. With the aid of treatments, he was finally able to walk with the support of steel braces strapped from his hips to his feet. —SHSBC Binder 24 Approved Glossary